If only this would get half as much attention as those Hottest Latina slideshows, our hits would go through the roof. But AT&T on Tuesday announced that it has been ranked No. 2 in the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work For in the U.S. list put out by Latina Style. The annual report […]
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If you’re coming to visit San Antonio, you’ll be getting one of the best hotel deals out there. The city’s hotel stock has seen one of the steepest discounts in the country, which is a great thing for tourists but maybe not for those hotel owners. According to Hotwire and its hotel rate report, the […]
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Aida Rojas, Diane Arevalo, Dinorah Diaz, Rosie Gonzalez and Olga Kauffman Earlier this summer, 68 women from across the country and world met at the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University’s law school, including four representatives from San Antonio. The Women’s Campaign School is political campaign training program. The school trains women to run political […]
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John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Co., launched an outreach program after leading one of the world’s largest companies. The company, called Citizens for Affordable Energy, was founded in 2008 to promote U.S. energy security solutions and ensure affordable energy supplies. Hofmeister is coming to a World Affairs Council of San Antonio luncheon, where […]
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While many of his peers are just now heading back to school and spending time reacquainting themselves with friends, one Ph.D. student is just hanging out finding water near foreign planets. Joseph Westlake, a student in the Physics program, and his advisor, J. Hunter Waite, have co-authored a paper in Nature magazine that claims liquid […]
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The South Texas Women’s Business Center will hold its first annual Women’s Business Symposium Friday at Crossroads Mall to help female business owners make it through the economic downturn. Susan Young, president of Get in Front Communications Inc., will speak about successful branding techniques, while Nina Vaca, CEO of Pinnacle Technology Resources Inc., will discuss […]
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Two very large dorms at Fort Sam Houston soon will be under way, now that the $118.7 million construction contracts have been awarded to Colorado-based Hensel Phelps Construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the two contracts, which are part of the BRAC process. The new barracks are part of the Medical Education and […]
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Reader’s Digest, which has seen its circulation numbers drop from more than 17 million in the 1970s to just over 8 million in 2008, on Monday filed papers for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company is looking to cut its debt from $2.2 billion to about $550 million. Debt has been an issue since a […]
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No, KFC isn’t literally handing the first baseman a chicken wing. The company is donating money, like a bunch of other San Antonio companies. But can you imagine how excited those kids would be if, after playing some tough ball games, they got a huge bucket of free fried chicken? To help the team raise […]
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For the second year in a row, Smithson Valley-based phone and cable firm GVTC Communications made Broadband Properties magazine’s top 100 list, which recognizes companies for deploying fiber-optic networks. GVTC — which provides phone, Internet and cable services in the Hill Country — was the only company based in the San Antonio area on the […]
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